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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Akita, Okayama, JP;
Yoshiyuki Nukada, Okayama, JP;
Mitsukiyo Fujii, Okayama, JP;
Tadao Tanimoto, Okayama, JP;
Masashi Kurimoto, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kegaku Kenkyujo, Okayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/08 ;
Abstract
A protein of human cell origin, which induces the IFN-&ggr; production by immunocompetent cells and has the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 near or at the N-terminus. It can be produced from human cells such as lymphoblasts, lymphocytes, monoblasts, monocytes, myeloblasts, myelocytes, granulocytes and macrophages, and used for preventing and/or treating IFN-&ggr; susceptive diseases.